Category: Recycling springfield il

  • How to Recycle the Packaging of Your Latest Purchase

    What did you do with the packaging of the last item you purchased? Did it end up in the trash? Garbage, or at least the way we think of garbage, is a product of the modern age. Largely a result of mass production, industrialization and consumption, the sheer volume of garbage the U.S. population produces…

  • Six Types of Household Clutter You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle

    Recycling is a great way to preserve the environment and save energy, but even though more than 75% of waste is recyclable, only about 30% of it gets recycled. Most people know to recycle glass, paper, plastic and aluminum, but there are plenty of ways to expand your recycling habits beyond beverage bottles and scrap…